Poultry feeder



Dec. 9

A. ANGELL, JR

POULTRY FEEDER Filed Aug. 14, 1 2

Patented Bee. 9, 1924. i 1,5 l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT ANGELL, Jlih, OF WILMETTE, ILLTNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ROSENBAUM BROTHERS, INC., 013 GHIGAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

POULTRY FEEDER.

Application filed August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,803.

To all 1071 0111. it may concern: grooves 2 stamped therein. Said cylinder Be it known that I, ALBERT ANGELL, J12, may be formed from a rectangular blank a citizen of the United States, residing at bent to shape and having its ends overlapl/Vilmette, 1n the county of Cook and State ped and oined in any suitable manner.

of Illinois, have invented new and useful Cylinder 1 is provided with a generally 55 Poultry Feeder, of which the following is flat bottom 3 which may be oined to said a specification. cylinder by beating over, as is common in The present invention relates to feeding the art, and an apertured plate, cover or troughs and has particularly to do with guard, 4, is affiXed, in a similar manner, t0

poultry feeders. the top of said cylinder. co

Primarily, it is the object of the invention Said plate or guard 4 has at its internal to provide an improved feeding trough out edge, a continuous depending flange 5 which of which feed cannot readily be scattered, is parallel to and concentric with the wall of and to afford a novel means for suspending cylinder 1.

the feeder. Additionally, it is an object to In this manner, a vessel is provided to reprovide a guard about a vessel containing ceive feed which vessel it is usual to fill to feed which will prevent poultry from wastthe upper beading or groove 2. Chickens or ing the contents of the vessel upon the other poultry feeding therefrom may throw ground and atthe same time serve to enabout, with their bills or feet, portions of the 20 gage supports for said vessel. Further, it feed contents, but such portions are preventis an object to simplify the construction of ed from being scattered outside of the vessel,

a feed trough to permit of its manufacture because, by striking the walls thereof, such at a low cost. portions are deflected against the top 4 These, and such other objects as may herethereof. Flange 5, which extends inwardly 2 inafter appear, are attained by the novel upon top 4, arrests further upward and outconstruction, combination and arrangement ward movement of such portions, causing of parts of the device, as are hereinafter dethem to fall back into the vessel. scribed. One sheet of drawings, illustra- In order to suspend the device, which is tive of a single form of the invention, is usual in poultry feeding, a series of holes or hereto attached and made a part of this apertures 63, regularly spaced one from anspecification. other, are punched through the guard or lid In the drawings: 4;. Cords or wires '7 passing through such Figure 1 is a perspective view of the deholes may be arranged upon a hook or nail vice; so that the device will be suspended above 33 Figure 2 is a vertical sect-ion therethe ground. In the drawing, two cords or 35 through; wires 7, one crossing the other, are attached Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof; and at diametrically opposite apertures 6 in top Figure 4 is a detail, in section, of the top &. Said cords or wires may be adjusted upor feed guard member. on the hook or nail to afford the vessel 1 be- 40 Like reference characters are used to ing held in a level or in a tilt-ed position, as

designate similar parts in the drawing and is desired. in the description which follows. Each part, cylinder 1, bottom 3 or top 4 As illustrated, the preferred form of the may be cut or stamped from sheet metal and device comprises three parts, each of which may be readily bent into shape and for may be stamped from suitable sheet mateproper connection, one with another, prorial such as galvanized iron. While in the viding an inexpensive and readily manudrawing a cylindrical type of feeder is disfactured device. closed, other shapes may be employed. What I claim as new and desire to obtain The ordinal 1 designates a cylinder of by Letters Patent of the United States, is so suitable height having parallel headings or A receptacle for poultry feed comprising Cll a relatively deep vessel having vertical Walls and a cover therefor comprising a twoflanged centrally apertured sheet of metal, the inner flange thereof being concentric With the Walls of said vessel and depending thereinto to prevent the scattering of feed therefrom, the outer flange being secured to the rim of said vessel, said cover being provided with aplurality of regularly spaced apertures equidistant between said flanges and adapted to receive cord-like supporting members for suspending said vessel above the ground.

ALBERT ANGELL, JR. 

